mythomane

English

Etymology

From French mythomane;[1] equivalent to mytho- + -mane.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪθəˌmeɪn/, /ˈmɪθəʊˌmeɪn/

Noun

mythomane (plural mythomanes)

  1. Someone who suffers from mythomania.
    • 2019, Louis Theroux, Gotta Get Theroux This: My Life and Strange Times in Television, London: Macmillan, page 384:
      Maybe because I was working on the programmes at the same time, I found myself thinking about parallels between Jimmy Savile and L. Ron Hubbard. Both were mythomanes, inventing and exaggerating to embellish their own careers and pedigrees.

Synonyms

References

  1. mythomane, n. and adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

French

Etymology

From mytho- + -mane.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi.tɔ.man/
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Noun

mythomane m or f by sense (plural mythomanes)

  1. mythomaniac
  2. liar, fabulist

Descendants

  • Italian: mitomane
  • Greek: μυθομανής (mythomanís)

Further reading

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